Memoirs

What is a memoir?

• A writing piece about an event in a persons life 
• A writing piece about a different persons life
• A writing piece about a persons whole life 

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Why does someone write a memoir?

• To tell their whole life story
• To tell how they were feeling when they experienced a certain event
• To tell retell a story someone told them

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The meaning of a memoir is to show what the author learned from their experience.

• True
• False

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A memoir must show some sort of:

• Reflection about what happened

• future events

• Irony

• 3rd person point of view

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A memoir has narrative structure, This means it is like reading 

• a book report
• a news article
• a biography
• a story

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Setting, plot, and imagery are never a part of memoir.

• True
• False

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Thought shots are

• details getting into the reader's thoughts

• imagery

• similes

• someone else's thoughts in your memoir

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What does a lead do in a memoir (or any story)?

• it shows the setting

• it tells the characters

• it gives the author's name

• it gets the reader interested by a good beginning

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Memoirs can be fake information

• True, they can be fake.

• False, they must have true information

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